Trade Act Amendments of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Trade Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to limit certification of eligibility for adjustment assistance to employees at firms for which: (1) there is a substantial probability that a lower level of employment due to increased import competition will be permanent; and (2) increased imports are the substantial cause of such unemployment. Provides for payment of adjustment assistance to begin during any week of unemployment which begins more than 60 days after the petition for certification is filed. Requires that such workers: (1)with respect to the weeks preceding such week of unemployment, have received any applicable waiting period credit and to have exhausted all unemployment insurance benefit rights; and (2) with respect to such week of unemployment, not be entitled to any State or Federal unemployment insurance or waiting period credit. Subjects such workers to specified provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to require certain workers to search for work outside the worker's labor market area or accept certain approved training in new or related job categories. Makes the weekly amount…